Album Review: Phenomenal Handclap Band – Form & Control

Posted by on March 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The name Phenomenal Handclap Band may suggest a novelty act, but this Brooklyn-based outfit challenges no conventions. Instead it combines disco, dance and rock elements with varying levels of success, on second album Form & Control at least. When they nail it they really nail it. Opening number ‘Following’ is funky and addictive, the sort of tune that could bounce around in your head for ages. It has mine. Other highlights include... Read More

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NEWS: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + TOUR DATES

Posted by on February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Photo: Jeremy Harris Phenomenal Handclap Band return with their second album for Tummy Touch – Form & Control – an ambitious work which takes their fusion of international psych, soul, and cosmic disco a step forward. The band – or self-styled collective – broke through in 2009 with their debut single 15 To 20, a club hit both in America and Europe that set the scene for a self- titled debut album later that year. Their sound and style... Read More

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NEWS: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND – DOWNLOAD THE NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Posted by on October 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Photo: Jeremy Harris On the heels of their US tour opening for the legendary Bryan Ferry, The Phenomenal Handclap Band will release “Following” – the first single off their forthcoming new album, Form & Control, out January 31st via Tummy Touch Records. The track finds the group taking the next step forward from the cosmic disco-funk and international, psychedelic soul of their debut album. The band will also be making their triumphant return... Read More

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SINGLE: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby

Posted by on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Some music defies description. Imagine listening to ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ when it was released in June 1967! Imagine being in Vienna’s Kärntnertortheater on 7 May 1824 for the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted by the Maestro himself! Imagine a 1943 night flight over a glowing Dresden in a fully laden Lancaster with Dame Vera Lynn’s new tune on your headphones! Sometimes, the appropriate words have yet... Read More

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